A year ago today I was in Euromos. We were driving from Bodrum to Selcuk, and on the map, alongside the highway, there was a little star on the map indicating an ancient site. The road wasn’t well marked, but we managed to find it and bump along a rural two-rut lane until we came […]

Let’s not assume that this week’s political idiocy is committed only by politicians. John Derbyshire of the National Review, the once-respectable publication founded by noted racist William F. Buckley, has been carrying the flag of white supremacy ever onward!Derbyshire, given the opportunity, to speak before the Black Law Students’ association of the UPenn Law School, […]

Well okay, this happened over a week ago, but it’s still priceless. In this video Congressman Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) wonders whether the addition of 8000 troops will cause Guam to capsize. Not the USS Guam, which might make sense, but the island, which last I heard was anchored solidly to the planet. The naval officer […]

There’s nothing wrong with this Avatar Comparison Chart except that it leaves out A Man Called Horse, which with its sequels has exactly the same story. [via Janice]